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nucleus

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a positively charged region at the center of the atom

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protons

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Positive Charge

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neutrons

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Neutral charge

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electrons

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Negative charge

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Alpha

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2 protons+2 neutrons
+2 charge
stopped by paper

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Beta

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Electron
-1 charge
stopped my a sheet of aluminuim

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Gamma

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Electromagnetic Waves
0 charge
Reduces by a meter of lead or concrete

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radiocarbon

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Carbon dating is a way of telling the age of a once living thing by measuring the amount of carbon inside of it

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Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment- What happened

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When he shot a beam of alpha particles at a sheet of gold foil, a few of the particles were deflected

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Significance of Rutherford’s experiment

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  • atom has mostly empty space
  • it has a nucleus
  • the nucleus is small, heavy, positivly charged and in the center
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What did Marie and Pierre Curie measure radioactivity

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12
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reactant

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Starting materials on the left hand side of the equation

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Product

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The end result of the reaction and is written on the right hand side of the equation

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Role of energy in chemical reactions

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breaking the bonds of the reactants or in the formation of new bonds.

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Exothermic

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release energy from the chemicals into the surroundings ( Heat)
ie Handwarmers

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Endothermic

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Absorbing energy from chemicals in the surroundings (cold)
Ie icepack

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conservation of mass

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mass is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions

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Acids

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A chemical that gives off hydrogen ions in water and forms salts by combining with certain metals

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Acid Metal Reaction

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Acid Base Reaction

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Neutralisation

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Acid Carbonate Reaction

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22
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Respiration

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breathing
GLUCOSE+OXYGEN–> CARBON DIOXIDE+WATER+ENERGY

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Photosynthisis

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Carbon Dioxide+water—sunlight–> glucose+oxygen

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microorganisms

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an organism that is microscopic.
They help digest your food, protect you against infection and maintain your reproductive health

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predator

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an animal that lives by killing and eating other animals

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Prey

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an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food

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parasites

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an animal or plant that lives in or on another animal or plant and gets food or protection from it.

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competitors

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a set of interactions between different populations or individuals from the same population to get one or more resources from the ecosystem

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pollinators

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pollina anything that helps carry pollen from the male part of the flower (stamen) to the female part of the same or another flower (stigma)tors

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Bushfire

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an unplanned vegetation fire.

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drought

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acute water shortage

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flooding

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an overflow of water beyond the normal limits of a watercourse

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UwQtgaaszxJVngrZG4SVxyx22-5CdrJ1DGks7ip57qg/edit?usp=sharing